The 26th All India Konkani Sahitya Sammelan held in Ernakulam, Kerala, praised the Goa government for its stance on the Official Language Act while urging opposition legislators to safeguard students’ futures and Goa’s secular fabric. Several resolutions promoting Konkani language, literature, education, and film development were unanimously passed.
Journalist and researcher Sandesh Prabhudesai highlights the untapped potential of over 8,000 central government and bank jobs in Goa, accessible due to Konkani’s inclusion in the Eighth Schedule. He criticizes the Goa government for failing to act on language-based employment rights enshrined in constitutional provisions and national policies.
At the inauguration of the third Official Language Training class for government employees in Madgaon, linguist and scholar Ramesh Gaonkar emphasized the richness of Konkani and called for its broader use in administration. The session was inaugurated by the Additional District Collector of South Goa.
The Maharashtra government has announced that Hindi will be a compulsory third language for students from Classes 1 to 5 across all schools, including state, CBSE, and ICSE boards. The move aims to promote national integration and multilingual education under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
